Close one. Glad you're alright.
Not really, I knew the capacitors wouldn't have enough of a charge to do any actual damage. I disconnected the mains power before doing anything. So it wasn't really a close call since I knew I wasn't in any danger, I just should've discharged the capacitors first.
What most people don't seem to understand is that it's not voltage that kills, but current. When you walk across a carpet and touch a doorknob, that spark is well over a million volts, but it's a tiny fraction of a miliamp, so it doesn't do anything except for the feeling. So yes, I got hit with a thousand volts, but not with enough current to do any damage.
